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Table 1.6
Total air pollutant emissions by Source in Canada in 2015. Reprinted with permission from Environment and Climate Change Canada [41]
Source
TPM
(kt)
PM
10 (kt) PM
2.5 (kt) SO
x
(kt)
NO
x
(kt)
VOC
(kt)
CO (kt) NH
3 (kt) Pb (kg) Cd
(kg)
Hg
(kg)
PAH
(kg)
Ore and Minerals Industries
240
96
33
480
82
13
520
1.2
120,000 5400 1400 5400
Oil and Gas Industry
17
13
10
230
470
690
540
2.2
510
220 74
24
Electric Power Generation (Utilities) 19
7.3
3.8
250
150
1.6
39
0.38
1400
130 800 6
Manufacturing
110
43
19
48
74
110
140
12
5800
580 130 11
Transportation and Mobile
Equipment
52
52
40
18
1000 310
3000
7.2
27,000 180 86
120
Agriculture
3200
1300
320
9.0
4.0
98
0.90
450
64
76
8.3
0.32
Commercial/Residential/Institutional 200
190
180
6.6
82
290
1200
3.1
3200
1100 550 100,000
Incineration and Waste
6.4
3.7
2.7
3.6
4.9
14
18
4.3
560
50
1400 690
Paints and Solvents
0.02
0.02
0.012
<0.0001 0.023 330
0.0004
0.14
Dust
19,000 5500
1000
Fires
17
15
10
0.04
2.0
5.9
130
0.018
2900
Total
23,000 7200
16,000
1100
1900 1900 5600
490
160,000 7800 4400 110,000